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| 3.7.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 168/1 |
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MINUTES

(2008/C 168 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 15.05.

2.   Statement by the President

The President expressed Parliament's sympathy with the many victims of Cyclone Nargis, which had struck Burma on the previous Saturday; he expected the Burmese Government to facilitate the implementation of international assistance measures and that Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the Sakharov Prize in 1990, be set free.

3.   Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Richard Seeber let it be known that his obligations prevented him from attending two sittings of the current part-session.

4.   Composition of Parliament

Alfonso Andria, Renato Brunetta, Mario Mantovani, Lapo Pistelli and Luciana Sbarbati had declared their election to the Italian Parliament and their decision to take up this mandate.

Pursuant to Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and to Rule 4(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament noted this and established the vacancy of their seats with effect from 29.04.2008.

It had also been established from facts verifiable from sources available to the public that Umberto Bossi, Alessandra Mussolini and Adriana Poli Bortone had been elected to the Italian Parliament and were participating in its work.

Pursuant to Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and to Rule 4(1) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament, under Rule 3(2), second subparagraph, noted this and established the vacancy of their seats with effect from 29.04.2008.

5.   Microcredit (written declaration)

Written declaration 0002/2008 submitted by Jamila Madeira, Ana Maria Gomes, Anna Záborská, Luisa Morgantini and Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez on microcredit had been signed by the majority of Parliament's component Members. Consequently, in accordance with Rule 116(4), it would be forwarded to its addressees and published, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of 08.05.2008.

6.   Corrigendum (Rule 204a)

The committee responsible had forwarded the following corrigendum to a Text Adopted by Parliament.

| — | Corrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 11 December 2007 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2008/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (recast) — P6_TA-PROV (2007)0597 — (COM(2006)0783 — C6-0474/2006 — 2006/0273(COD)). |
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Pursuant to Rule 204a(4) of the Rules of Procedure, this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, not later than 48 hours after its announcement, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that it be put to the vote.

The corrigendum was available on the Séance en direct site.

7.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the non-legislative resolution entitled ‘Towards a strategy on the rights of the child’ adopted by Parliament at the January I 2008 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

8.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

| 1) | from committees:
1.1)
reports:
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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management (COM(2006)0569 — C6-0331/2006 — 2006/0182(COD)) — TRAN Committee.
Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0050/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (COM(2007)0664 — C6-0430/2007 — 2007/0232(CNS)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Josu Ortuondo Larrea (A6-0085/2008) —
***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One (COM(2007)0741 — C6-0432/2007 — 2007/0262(COD)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0088/2008) —
Report on a simplified business environment for companies in the areas of company law, accounting and auditing (COM(2007)0394 — 2007/2254(INI)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0101/2008) —
Report on the management of deep-sea fish stocks (COM(2007)0030 — 2007/2110(INI)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Rosa Miguélez Ramos (A6-0103/2008) —
Report on the development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions (COM(2007)0127 — 2007/2115(INI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0105/2008) —
Report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (N6-0001/2008 — C6-0009/2008 — 2008/2002(ACI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0107/2008) —
Report on amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2008/2027(REG)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0108/2008) —
Report on EU election observation missions: objectives, practices and future challenges (2007/2217(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Co-rapporteurs: Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0138/2008) —
***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in tansport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs (COM(2007)0090 [[02]] — C6-0211/2007 — 2007/0037B(COD)) — ENVI Committee.
Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0143/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (COM(2007)0772 — C6-0012/2008 — 2007/0273(CNS)) — REGI Committee.
Rapporteur: Sérgio Marques (A6-0146/2008) —
Report on the White Paper on Sport (COM(2007)0391 — 2007/2261(INI)) — CULT Committee.
Rapporteur: Manolis Mavrommatis (A6-0149/2008) —
Report on trade and economic relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) (COM(2006)0567 — 2007/2265(INI)) — INTA Committee.
Rapporteur: Glyn Ford (A6-0151/2008) —
Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2007/2274(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Rapporteur: Marco Cappato (A6-0153/2008) —
Report on the EU Consumer Policy strategy 2007-2013 (COM(2007)0099 — 2007/2189(INI)) — IMCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Lasse Lehtinen (A6-0155/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton (COM(2007)0701 — C6-0447/2007 — 2007/0242(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.
Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0166/2008) | 1.1) | reports:
—
***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management (COM(2006)0569 — C6-0331/2006 — 2006/0182(COD)) — TRAN Committee.
Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0050/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (COM(2007)0664 — C6-0430/2007 — 2007/0232(CNS)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Josu Ortuondo Larrea (A6-0085/2008) —
***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One (COM(2007)0741 — C6-0432/2007 — 2007/0262(COD)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0088/2008) —
Report on a simplified business environment for companies in the areas of company law, accounting and auditing (COM(2007)0394 — 2007/2254(INI)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0101/2008) —
Report on the management of deep-sea fish stocks (COM(2007)0030 — 2007/2110(INI)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Rosa Miguélez Ramos (A6-0103/2008) —
Report on the development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions (COM(2007)0127 — 2007/2115(INI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0105/2008) —
Report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (N6-0001/2008 — C6-0009/2008 — 2008/2002(ACI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0107/2008) —
Report on amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2008/2027(REG)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0108/2008) —
Report on EU election observation missions: objectives, practices and future challenges (2007/2217(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Co-rapporteurs: Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0138/2008) —
***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in tansport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs (COM(2007)0090 [[02]] — C6-0211/2007 — 2007/0037B(COD)) — ENVI Committee.
Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0143/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (COM(2007)0772 — C6-0012/2008 — 2007/0273(CNS)) — REGI Committee.
Rapporteur: Sérgio Marques (A6-0146/2008) —
Report on the White Paper on Sport (COM(2007)0391 — 2007/2261(INI)) — CULT Committee.
Rapporteur: Manolis Mavrommatis (A6-0149/2008) —
Report on trade and economic relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) (COM(2006)0567 — 2007/2265(INI)) — INTA Committee.
Rapporteur: Glyn Ford (A6-0151/2008) —
Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2007/2274(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Rapporteur: Marco Cappato (A6-0153/2008) —
Report on the EU Consumer Policy strategy 2007-2013 (COM(2007)0099 — 2007/2189(INI)) — IMCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Lasse Lehtinen (A6-0155/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton (COM(2007)0701 — C6-0447/2007 — 2007/0242(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.
Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0166/2008) | — | ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management (COM(2006)0569 — C6-0331/2006 — 2006/0182(COD)) — TRAN Committee.
Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0050/2008) | — | * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (COM(2007)0664 — C6-0430/2007 — 2007/0232(CNS)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Josu Ortuondo Larrea (A6-0085/2008) | — | ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One (COM(2007)0741 — C6-0432/2007 — 2007/0262(COD)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0088/2008) | — | Report on a simplified business environment for companies in the areas of company law, accounting and auditing (COM(2007)0394 — 2007/2254(INI)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0101/2008) | — | Report on the management of deep-sea fish stocks (COM(2007)0030 — 2007/2110(INI)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Rosa Miguélez Ramos (A6-0103/2008) | — | Report on the development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions (COM(2007)0127 — 2007/2115(INI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0105/2008) | — | Report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (N6-0001/2008 — C6-0009/2008 — 2008/2002(ACI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0107/2008) | — | Report on amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2008/2027(REG)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0108/2008) | — | Report on EU election observation missions: objectives, practices and future challenges (2007/2217(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Co-rapporteurs: Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0138/2008) | — | ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in tansport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs (COM(2007)0090 [[02]] — C6-0211/2007 — 2007/0037B(COD)) — ENVI Committee.
Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0143/2008) | — | * Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (COM(2007)0772 — C6-0012/2008 — 2007/0273(CNS)) — REGI Committee.
Rapporteur: Sérgio Marques (A6-0146/2008) | — | Report on the White Paper on Sport (COM(2007)0391 — 2007/2261(INI)) — CULT Committee.
Rapporteur: Manolis Mavrommatis (A6-0149/2008) | — | Report on trade and economic relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) (COM(2006)0567 — 2007/2265(INI)) — INTA Committee.
Rapporteur: Glyn Ford (A6-0151/2008) | — | Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2007/2274(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Rapporteur: Marco Cappato (A6-0153/2008) | — | Report on the EU Consumer Policy strategy 2007-2013 (COM(2007)0099 — 2007/2189(INI)) — IMCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Lasse Lehtinen (A6-0155/2008) | — | * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton (COM(2007)0701 — C6-0447/2007 — 2007/0242(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.
Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0166/2008) |
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| 1.1) | reports:
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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management (COM(2006)0569 — C6-0331/2006 — 2006/0182(COD)) — TRAN Committee.
Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0050/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (COM(2007)0664 — C6-0430/2007 — 2007/0232(CNS)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Josu Ortuondo Larrea (A6-0085/2008) —
***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One (COM(2007)0741 — C6-0432/2007 — 2007/0262(COD)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0088/2008) —
Report on a simplified business environment for companies in the areas of company law, accounting and auditing (COM(2007)0394 — 2007/2254(INI)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0101/2008) —
Report on the management of deep-sea fish stocks (COM(2007)0030 — 2007/2110(INI)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Rosa Miguélez Ramos (A6-0103/2008) —
Report on the development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions (COM(2007)0127 — 2007/2115(INI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0105/2008) —
Report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (N6-0001/2008 — C6-0009/2008 — 2008/2002(ACI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0107/2008) —
Report on amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2008/2027(REG)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0108/2008) —
Report on EU election observation missions: objectives, practices and future challenges (2007/2217(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Co-rapporteurs: Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0138/2008) —
***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in tansport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs (COM(2007)0090 [[02]] — C6-0211/2007 — 2007/0037B(COD)) — ENVI Committee.
Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0143/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (COM(2007)0772 — C6-0012/2008 — 2007/0273(CNS)) — REGI Committee.
Rapporteur: Sérgio Marques (A6-0146/2008) —
Report on the White Paper on Sport (COM(2007)0391 — 2007/2261(INI)) — CULT Committee.
Rapporteur: Manolis Mavrommatis (A6-0149/2008) —
Report on trade and economic relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) (COM(2006)0567 — 2007/2265(INI)) — INTA Committee.
Rapporteur: Glyn Ford (A6-0151/2008) —
Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2007/2274(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Rapporteur: Marco Cappato (A6-0153/2008) —
Report on the EU Consumer Policy strategy 2007-2013 (COM(2007)0099 — 2007/2189(INI)) — IMCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Lasse Lehtinen (A6-0155/2008) —
- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton (COM(2007)0701 — C6-0447/2007 — 2007/0242(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.
Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0166/2008) | — | ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management (COM(2006)0569 — C6-0331/2006 — 2006/0182(COD)) — TRAN Committee.
Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0050/2008) | — | * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (COM(2007)0664 — C6-0430/2007 — 2007/0232(CNS)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Josu Ortuondo Larrea (A6-0085/2008) | — | ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One (COM(2007)0741 — C6-0432/2007 — 2007/0262(COD)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0088/2008) | — | Report on a simplified business environment for companies in the areas of company law, accounting and auditing (COM(2007)0394 — 2007/2254(INI)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0101/2008) | — | Report on the management of deep-sea fish stocks (COM(2007)0030 — 2007/2110(INI)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Rosa Miguélez Ramos (A6-0103/2008) | — | Report on the development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions (COM(2007)0127 — 2007/2115(INI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0105/2008) | — | Report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (N6-0001/2008 — C6-0009/2008 — 2008/2002(ACI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0107/2008) | — | Report on amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2008/2027(REG)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0108/2008) | — | Report on EU election observation missions: objectives, practices and future challenges (2007/2217(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Co-rapporteurs: Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0138/2008) | — | ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in tansport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs (COM(2007)0090 [[02]] — C6-0211/2007 — 2007/0037B(COD)) — ENVI Committee.
Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0143/2008) | — | * Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (COM(2007)0772 — C6-0012/2008 — 2007/0273(CNS)) — REGI Committee.
Rapporteur: Sérgio Marques (A6-0146/2008) | — | Report on the White Paper on Sport (COM(2007)0391 — 2007/2261(INI)) — CULT Committee.
Rapporteur: Manolis Mavrommatis (A6-0149/2008) | — | Report on trade and economic relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) (COM(2006)0567 — 2007/2265(INI)) — INTA Committee.
Rapporteur: Glyn Ford (A6-0151/2008) | — | Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2007/2274(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Rapporteur: Marco Cappato (A6-0153/2008) | — | Report on the EU Consumer Policy strategy 2007-2013 (COM(2007)0099 — 2007/2189(INI)) — IMCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Lasse Lehtinen (A6-0155/2008) | — | * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton (COM(2007)0701 — C6-0447/2007 — 2007/0242(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.
Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0166/2008) | | |
| — | ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management (COM(2006)0569 — C6-0331/2006 — 2006/0182(COD)) — TRAN Committee.
Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0050/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (COM(2007)0664 — C6-0430/2007 — 2007/0232(CNS)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Josu Ortuondo Larrea (A6-0085/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One (COM(2007)0741 — C6-0432/2007 — 2007/0262(COD)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0088/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on a simplified business environment for companies in the areas of company law, accounting and auditing (COM(2007)0394 — 2007/2254(INI)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0101/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the management of deep-sea fish stocks (COM(2007)0030 — 2007/2110(INI)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Rosa Miguélez Ramos (A6-0103/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions (COM(2007)0127 — 2007/2115(INI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0105/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (N6-0001/2008 — C6-0009/2008 — 2008/2002(ACI)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0107/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2008/2027(REG)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0108/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on EU election observation missions: objectives, practices and future challenges (2007/2217(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Co-rapporteurs: Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0138/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in tansport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs (COM(2007)0090 [[02]] — C6-0211/2007 — 2007/0037B(COD)) — ENVI Committee.
Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0143/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | * Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (COM(2007)0772 — C6-0012/2008 — 2007/0273(CNS)) — REGI Committee.
Rapporteur: Sérgio Marques (A6-0146/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the White Paper on Sport (COM(2007)0391 — 2007/2261(INI)) — CULT Committee.
Rapporteur: Manolis Mavrommatis (A6-0149/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on trade and economic relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) (COM(2006)0567 — 2007/2265(INI)) — INTA Committee.
Rapporteur: Glyn Ford (A6-0151/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2007/2274(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Rapporteur: Marco Cappato (A6-0153/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the EU Consumer Policy strategy 2007-2013 (COM(2007)0099 — 2007/2189(INI)) — IMCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Lasse Lehtinen (A6-0155/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton (COM(2007)0701 — C6-0447/2007 — 2007/0242(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.
Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0166/2008) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

9.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

| 1) | oral questions (Rule 108):
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Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Council: Misleading ‘Directory companies’ (e.g. ‘European City Guides’) (B6-0152/2008) | — | Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Council: Misleading ‘Directory companies’ (e.g. ‘European City Guides’) (B6-0152/2008) |
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| — | Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Council: Misleading ‘Directory companies’ (e.g. ‘European City Guides’) (B6-0152/2008) | | |

| 2) | written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 116):
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Urszula Krupa and Witold Tomczak on support for the protection of life (0039/2008), —
Benoît Hamon, Sarah Ludford, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Alain Hutchinson and Pierre Pribetich on a ban on the marketing and use of the anti-teen ‘Mosquito’ device (0040/2008), —
Bogusław Rogalski on Tibet (0041/2008), —
Andreas Mölzer on forced marriages (0042/2008), —
Tomáš Zatloukal, Eva Lichtenberger, Grażyna Staniszewska, Zita Pleštinská and Holger Krahmer on the Danube-Oder-Elbe canal (0043/2008), —
Marianne Mikko, Christopher Beazley, Inese Vaidere, Zita Gurmai and Alexander Alvaro on the proclamation of 23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism (0044/2008), —
Yannick Vaugrenard, Maria Matsouka, Bernard Poignant, Alejandro Cercas and Harlem Désir on respect for the rights of ‘relocated’ workers in Europe (0045/2008). | — | Urszula Krupa and Witold Tomczak on support for the protection of life (0039/2008), | — | Benoît Hamon, Sarah Ludford, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Alain Hutchinson and Pierre Pribetich on a ban on the marketing and use of the anti-teen ‘Mosquito’ device (0040/2008), | — | Bogusław Rogalski on Tibet (0041/2008), | — | Andreas Mölzer on forced marriages (0042/2008), | — | Tomáš Zatloukal, Eva Lichtenberger, Grażyna Staniszewska, Zita Pleštinská and Holger Krahmer on the Danube-Oder-Elbe canal (0043/2008), | — | Marianne Mikko, Christopher Beazley, Inese Vaidere, Zita Gurmai and Alexander Alvaro on the proclamation of 23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism (0044/2008), | — | Yannick Vaugrenard, Maria Matsouka, Bernard Poignant, Alejandro Cercas and Harlem Désir on respect for the rights of ‘relocated’ workers in Europe (0045/2008). |
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| — | Urszula Krupa and Witold Tomczak on support for the protection of life (0039/2008), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Benoît Hamon, Sarah Ludford, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Alain Hutchinson and Pierre Pribetich on a ban on the marketing and use of the anti-teen ‘Mosquito’ device (0040/2008), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Bogusław Rogalski on Tibet (0041/2008), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Andreas Mölzer on forced marriages (0042/2008), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Tomáš Zatloukal, Eva Lichtenberger, Grażyna Staniszewska, Zita Pleštinská and Holger Krahmer on the Danube-Oder-Elbe canal (0043/2008), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Marianne Mikko, Christopher Beazley, Inese Vaidere, Zita Gurmai and Alexander Alvaro on the proclamation of 23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism (0044/2008), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Yannick Vaugrenard, Maria Matsouka, Bernard Poignant, Alejandro Cercas and Harlem Désir on respect for the rights of ‘relocated’ workers in Europe (0045/2008). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

10.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the May I 2008 sittings (PE 406.217/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 07.05.2008 and 08.05.2008

Wednesday

Request by the PPE-DE Group to add, as the second item on the agenda, Council and Commission statements on the deterioration of the situation in Georgia and to wind up the debate with the tabling of motions for resolutions to be put to the vote at the June I part-session.

Parliament agreed to the request.

As the Council was unable to be present after 20.00 to answer the oral question on ‘misleading “directory companies”’(Item 24 on the final draft agenda), it was proposed that this item be held over to the next part-session.

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

The House agreed to the proposal.

Thursday

The vote on the reports by Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0101/2008) (Item 19 on the final draft agenda) and Kyösti Virrankoski (Item 20 on the final draft agenda) was held over to the next part-session.

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The order of business was thus established.

11.   EMU-10 — The first 10 years of Economic and Monetary Union (Commission communication)

Commission communication: European Commission report on the Economic and Monetary Union after 10 years

Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) presented the communication.

The following spoke: Werner Langen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the PSE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

The following spoke: Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Alain Lipietz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the UEN Group, Adamos Adamou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Reinhard Rack, Monika Beňová, Olle Schmidt, Othmar Karas, Zita Pleštinská, Danutė Budreikaitė, Gerard Batten, Zsolt László Becsey, Antolín Sánchez Presedo and Zbigniew Zaleski.

The following spoke: Joaquín Almunia.

12.   Deterioration of the situation in Georgia (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Deterioration of the situation in Georgia

Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Georgs Andrejevs, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Miloslav Ransdorf, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Józef Pinior, Charles Tannock, Alessandro Battilocchio, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Robert Evans and Vytautas Landsbergis.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Urszula Gacek, Katrin Saks, Ewa Tomaszewska, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Tunne Kelam, Siiri Oviir and Zbigniew Zaleski.

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič.

IN THE CHAIR: Mechtild ROTHE

Vice-President

The following spoke: Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

As the motions for a resolution tabled were not yet available, they would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: June I part-session.

13.   Transatlantic Economic Council (debate)

Commission statement: Transatlantic Economic Council

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Jonathan Evans, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bernard Wojciechowski, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jana Bobošíková, Non-attached Member, Erika Mann, Sarah Ludford, Karl von Wogau, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Sophia in 't Veld, Urszula Gacek, Pervenche Berès, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Benoît Hamon, Malcolm Harbour and Małgorzata Handzlik.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Czesław Adam Siekierski, Corina Creţu and Peter Skinner.

The following spoke: Günter Verheugen.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

Motions for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

| — | Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Transatlantic Economic Council (B6-0209/2008); |
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| — | Jonathan Evans, Elmar Brok, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Malcolm Harbour, Alexander Radwan, Robert Sturdy, James Elles, Andreas Schwab and Urszula Gacek, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Transatlantic Economic Council (B6-0210/2008); |
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| — | Adam Bielan and Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the Transatlantic Economic Council (B6-0211/2008); |
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| — | Erika Mann and Peter Skinner, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Transatlantic Economic Council (B6-0212/2008); |
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| — | Umberto Guidoni and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Transatlantic Economic Council (B6-0213/2008); |
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| — | Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group on the Transatlantic Economic Council (B6-0214/2008). |
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The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 08.05.2008, Item 5.6.

14.   Revision of the directive concerning the establishment of a European Works Council (debate)

Commission statement: Revision of the directive concerning the establishment of a European Works Council

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Philip Bushill-Matthews, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Harlem Désir, on behalf of the PSE Group, Siiri Oviir, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Jan Andersson, José Albino Silva Peneda, Harald Ettl, Alejandro Cercas, Karin Jöns, Proinsias De Rossa, Pier Antonio Panzeri and Genowefa Grabowska.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ilda Figueiredo.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla.

The debate closed.

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC

Vice-President

15.   Human Rights in the World 2007 and the EU's policy on the matter — EU Election Observation Missions (debate)

Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the EU's policy on the matter [2007/2274(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rapporteur: Marco Cappato (A6-0153/2008)

Report on EU election observation missions: objectives, practices and future challenges [2007/2217(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Co-rapporteurs: Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0138/2008)

Marco Cappato introduced the report.

Véronique De Keyser and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra introduced the report.

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Thijs Berman (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Giusto Catania (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Zbigniew Zaleski, Józef Pinior, Fiona Hall and Raül Romeva i Rueda.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Ángel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Luisa Morgantini, Hélène Goudin, Jim Allister, Ari Vatanen, Richard Howitt, Ona Juknevičienė, Margrete Auken, Willy Meyer Pleite, Kathy Sinnott, Urszula Gacek, Libor Rouček, Sarah Ludford, Maria da Assunção Esteves, Genowefa Grabowska, Maria Eleni Koppa, Marios Matsakis and Corina Creţu.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Marianne Mikko, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Katrin Saks.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 08.05.2008, Item 5.7 and Minutes of 08.05.2008, Item 5.8.

16.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Mairead McGuinness, Marianne Mikko, Danutė Budreikaitė, Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański and Diamanto Manolakou.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marco Pannella, Ilda Figueiredo, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Marco Cappato, Pedro Guerreiro, Marios Matsakis, Genowefa Grabowska, Csaba Sógor and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

17.   Trade and Economic Relations with the countries of South East Asia (ASEAN) (debate)

Report on trade and economic relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) [2007/2265(INI)] — Committee on International Trade.

Co-rapporteurs: Glyn Ford and Vincenzo Aita (A6-0151/2008)

Glyn Ford introduced the report.

The following spoke: Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Francisco José Millán Mon (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee), John Purvis (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Peter Šťastný, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, David Martin, on behalf of the PSE Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Jerzy Buzek and Pierre Pribetich.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Stavros Arnaoutakis and Jean-Pierre Audy.

The following spoke: Glyn Ford.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 08.05.2008, Item 5.9.

18.   Support schemes for farmers (support for cotton) * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton [COM(2007)0701 — C6-0447/2007 — 2007/0242(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0166/2008)

The following spoke: Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission).

Ioannis Gklavakis introduced the report.

The following spoke: Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, María Isabel Salinas García, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diamanto Manolakou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Katerina Batzeli.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf.

The following spoke: Mariann Fischer Boel and Ioannis Gklavakis.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 08.05.2008, Item 5.5.

19.   Management of deep-sea fish stocks (debate)

Report on the management of deep-sea fish stocks [2007/2110(INI)] — Committee on Fisheries.

Rapporteur: Rosa Miguélez Ramos (A6-0103/2008)

The following spoke: Struan Stevenson, on the organisation of debates (the President replied that he would forward Mr Stevenson's comments to the Conference of Presidents).

Rosa Miguélez Ramos introduced the report.

The following spoke: Joe Borg (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Marios Matsakis (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Struan Stevenson, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Paulo Casaca, on behalf of the PSE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Carmen Fraga Estévez, Zdzisław Kazimierz Chmielewski, Avril Doyle, Joe Borg and Rosa Miguélez Ramos.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 08.05.2008, Item 5.10.

20.   Declaration of financial interests

The following Members had not yet updated their declaration of financial interests for 2007 in line with Annex I, Article 2(5) to the Rules of Procedure:

Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Graham Booth, Małgorzata Handzlik, Kurt Lechner, Jules Maaten, José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Teresa Riera Madurell, Britta Thomsen, Catherine Trautmann and John Whittaker.

21.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 406.217/OJ).

22.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.05.

Harald Rømer Secretary-General
Martine Roure Vice-President

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